CHARACTER SKETCHES.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5484, 14 March 1910, Page 4

CHARACTER SKETCHES.

BY THE SIGNS IN THE HANDS. .Persons with long, strong thumbs', round tops to 'the fingers, and a cleai deep bead-line ie each -<han<d are characterised by the common phraseology of "stiff-necked." They are inyielding and are natural conquerrs. Their own way seems very good to thorn and they •generally succeed in getting it. They have a. strong brain, and make hard students, wher they are interested ,'in a subject, ney) -are also susceptible to the influence of other minds, so that it is sometimes difficult for them to ■distinguish (the difference (between their own minds and the minds of those associated with themi Because of his, they shoukl make all their -^lec\sue>np whon a4ofne : ; preferaj&ly in early morning hours. The persons with short fingers, a medium head-line,, and thumbs that bend slightly backward are quick to decide, act and speak. They ' are the persons of one (thought and one idea at a time, and in order to execute this o»e idea, they will throw into it their entire energy. They often make mistakes through the activity of their minds ; for instance, in the case of hearing a story fold, their thought runs fcbead and forms vfci own conclusion. These persons may be rather dangerous to the peace of others, as when they repeat a story they are apt to tell it from their wn conclusions, whether right or wrong ; . but will feel sure that they are right. They intend to be true, but are not always s©. The writ ing of such persons is irregular, some letters too large, others too undefined., and half the small t's in it -ars made without bars prcrosees.

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